scheme

scheme noun arrangement, cabal, consilium, course of action, delineation, design, device, machination, maneuver, method, operation, order, organization, plan, plot, policy, procedure, program of accion, project, ratio, schedule, stratagem, strategy, system, tactics
Associated concepts: conspiracy

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scheme verb arrange, be cunning, cabal, calculate, chart, collude, complot, compose, concoct, connive, contrive, design, devise, diagram, engineer, fabricate, fashion, frame, hatch, have designs, improvise, intrigue, invent, lay a plan, machinate, make arrangements, maneuver, manipulate, map, map out, outline, plan, plot, predesign, predetermine, prepare, project, ratio, think ahead, think out, weave a plot, work out, work up
Associated concepts: collude, conspire

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See also: agenda, arrangement, artifice, avenue, blueprint, cabal, campaign, circumvent, codification, connivance, connive, conspiracy, conspire, contrivance, contrive, course, design, device, devise, direction, endeavor, enterprise, expedient, forethought, form, formulate, frame, goal, hoax, intend, intent, invent, machination, maneuver, mode, organization, plan, platform, plot, ploy, policy, practice, procedure, process, program, project, proposal, proposition, prospectus, racket, ruse, stratagem, strategy, structure, suggestion, system, trick, undertaking